Heterogeneity in the Social Networks of Young and Older Adults: Prediction of Mental Health and Cardiovascular Reactivity during Acute Stress

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-382

  Uchino, Bert N ^a   Holt Lunstad, Julianne ^a   Uno, Darcy ^a   Flinders, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cardiovascular reactivity; Health; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; ACUTE DISEASE; AFFECT; AGE; ANXIETY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORECASTING; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0035434029     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010634902498     Document Type: Article

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